Drops Like Stars Quotes

“It’s in that place that we’re reminded that true life comes when we’re willing to admit that we’ve reached the end of ourselves, we’ve given up, we’ve let go, we’re willing to die to all of our desires to figure it out and be in control. We lose our life, only to find it.”
― Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering – An Engaging Exploration of Art, Pain, and Enlightenment

“Pain has a way of making us more honest.”
― Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering – An Engaging Exploration of Art, Pain, and Enlightenment

“Catherine of Aragon said,“None get to God but through trouble.”
― Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering – An Engaging Exploration of Art, Pain, and Enlightenment

“But it’s in that disappointment, in that confusion, in that pain—the pain that comes from things not going how I wanted them to—that I find the same thing happening, again and again. I come to the end of myself, to the end of my power, the end of my strength, the end of my understanding, only to find, in that place of powerlessness, a strength and peace that weren’t there before.”
― Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering – An Engaging Exploration of Art, Pain, and Enlightenment

“May you see drops like stars.”
― Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering

“Great artists know that it isn’t just about what you add; sometimes the most important work is knowing what to take away. Removing clutter, excess, all the superfluous elements—and finding out in the process what’s been in there the whole time.”
― Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering – An Engaging Exploration of Art, Pain, and Enlightenment